Tag: ABC Entertainment

Simran Sethi, a veteran programming executive who has held positions at Netflix, Freeform and NBC, has been appointed executive VP of development and content strategy for ABC Entertainment.

Erin Wehrenberg has been named senior VP for network comedy at ABC Entertainment, joining from Warner Bros. Television.

Karey Burke, head of Freeform original programming development, has been appointed president of ABC Entertainment as Channing Dungey steps down from the position.

CBS's Stacey Adams has been named VP of current programming at ABC Entertainment, working under Vicki Dummer, head of current series programming.

Jennifer Carreras, a 20th Century Fox Television Studios alum, has joined ABC Entertainment as VP of network comedy.

BURBANK: Industry veteran Jamila Hunter has been elevated to the post of senior VP of ABC Comedy at ABC Entertainment.

LOS ANGELES: ABC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Group have agreed to an unprecedented stacking-rights deal for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 broadcast seasons.

BURBANK: ABC Entertainment and Marvel Television have launched Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Academy, a five-part digital original series that tests the physical and mental limits of a trio of super-fans.

BURBANK: Channing Dungey has been named president of ABC Entertainment, succeeding Paul Lee, who has decided to step down.